The History of Africa

ISBN-13: 9781032396149 / Miękka / 2024 / 482 str.

Molefi Kete Asante

Opis

The new edition of this comprehensive survey of African history provides an accessible overview of the continent’s narrative, focusing on the autonomy and achievements of the African people.

Recenzje

"In this fourth edition of The History of Africa the historian and philosopher Molefi Kete Asante has extended the reach of his already best-selling and popular book. This edition is heavily illustrated with updated photographs, charts, and graphs as well as key narratives on themes and memes in politics, ecology, and demographics. The unique and well-researched areas of history involving the agency of the African people themselves are further highlighted with dramatic examples that bring to life the experiences of the ordinary people of Africa, and narrations of documents central to understanding the unfolding of African history.  

 

The History of Africa written by the most prolific African American scholar is already one of the most classic books ever written on African history. It is praised by scholars who have studied Africa for decades as well as those who are newcomers to the field. Asante’s history releases the history of Africa from the chains of observers who see Africa as object and his work thrusts the continent and its people into the forefront of Africa as actors, not as spectators to the visions of others. In this way Asante’s fourth edition of The History of Africa is a visionary work based solidly on the grounding that comes from the overwhelming nature of the evidence, resources, and experiences of African people. No other history of Africa is so conscious of the narrative of its people from human origin to the 21^st century."

Jabali Ade, Temple University, USA, editor of Afrocentricity in Afro-Futurism: Toward Afrocentric Futurism

Spis treści

Introduction to the Fourth Edition, The History of Africa  Part 1: The Time of Awakening  1. Africa and the Origin of Humanity  Part 2: The Age of Literacy  2. Africa and the Beginning of Civilization  3. The Rise of Kemet/Egypt  4. The Elements of Early African Civilization  5. Governance and the Political Stability of Kemet  Part 3: The Moment of Realization  6. The Emergence of the Great River Kingdoms  Part 4: The Age of Construction  7. The Spread of Classical Empires and Kingdoms  8. The Sudanic Empires: Historians and Their Narratives  9. Generators of Traditional and Contemporary Africa  10. Societies of Secrets and Institutions  Part 5: The Time of Chaos  11. Arab and European Missionaries, Merchants, and Mercenaries  12. Resisting European and Arab Slave Traders  Part 6: The Age of Reconstruction  13. Africa Regains Consciousness in a Pan-African Explosion  Part 7: The Time for Consolidation  14. Africa Consolidates Independence  15. Toward a United States of Africa without Compromise: Creation of the African Union

O autorze

Molefi Kete Asante is the author of 101 books including the forthcoming Africa’s Gifts of the Spirit. He is the author of African American People: A Global History, The Afrocentric Manifesto, and Revolutionary Pedagogy. Asante is Professor of Africology, Temple University.